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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men does the narrator first see when he looks out the window to where the men are digging the hole?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

2. What does the narrator compare his memory of visiting the Power Station to?
(a) A fog.
(b) A joke.
(c) A dream.
(d) A ghost.

3. At the end of the book, why does the narrator say he has to stay?
(a) He has to save the Librarian.
(b) He has grown to love dreamreading.
(c) He is afraid of the exit.
(d) He has responsibilities.

4. Where is the shadow when the narrator comes to visit him at the beginning of Chapter 32?
(a) In the Watchtower.
(b) In the lean-to.
(c) In the cellar.
(d) Under the tree.

5. Who does the Caretaker say comes to visit until the beginning of autumn?
(a) The Woodspeople.
(b) The Gatekeeper.
(c) The beasts.
(d) The Townspeople.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator take the librarian on his last morning?

2. Why does the Librarian say the Dreamreader can't free her mind?

3. What does the narrator do with the skull at the end of Chapter 37?

4. Where does the narrator say he and the girl got on the subway when asked by the subway attendant?

5. Who does the narrator tell his shadow the Wall is really there to hold in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Librarian say the accordion is "the key" in Chapter 36?

2. Describe the Town's power source.

3. Which situation does the narrator define as "despair" in Chapter 33?

4. Explain the parallels between the video game the narrator plays at the beginning of Chapter 35 and his life.

5. What is the significance of the narrator's realization of what the accordion is and how to use it?

6. How does the narrator's shadow say he developed his plan of escape in Chapter 38?

7. Describe how the narrator's shadow is living at the beginning of Chapter 32.

8. Why does the narrator say looking for the Librarian's mind is not like looking for raindrops?

9. Given what the narrator tells his shadow about why he plans to stay, what do you think he plans to do with his time in the Town?

10. Why does the librarian wake the narrator up in the middle of the night at the beginning of Chapter 37? Explain what happens and how the librarian and narrator react.

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